SD Mines Placement & Salary Summary

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PLACEMENT & SALARY SUMMARY

CAREER FAIRS 253 employers from 28 states participated in our Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Career Fairs.

ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWS Employers conducted more than 1,500 student interviews on campus this past year to hire for full-time, intern, and co-op positions.

98% PLACEMENT 98% of SD Mines 2013-14 graduates are working in their career fields or are pursuing advanced degree programs in engineering, science, medicine, law and other fields.

AVERAGE SALARY OFFERS School of Mines 2013-14 Graduates (BS Degrees)

DEGREE

AVERAGE OFFER

Applied Biological Sciences Chemical Engineering Chemistry

** $66,971 **

Civil & Environmental Eng.

$50,783

Computer Engineering

$69,286

Computer Science

$65,571

Electrical Engineering

$64,556

Geology $73,000* Geological Engineering

$65,376

Industrial Engineering

$62,568

Interdisciplinary Sciences

$42,900*

Mathematics $40,000 Mechanical Engineering

$63,350

Metallurgical Engineering

$64,750*

Mining Engineering

$68,039

Physics $66,250* School of Mines Overall

$63,358

* Average based on less than five offers. ** Pursuing graduate degrees or no salary offers reported

EMPLOYERS THAT HIRED OUR 2013-14 GRADUATES 3M* Aagard Accenture AGCO Alpha Natural Resources Ambre Energy American Express American Process Inc Applied Control Equipment Arch Coal Archer Daniels Midland Assemble Systems Baker Hughes Barrick Gold Basin Electric Power BD Bedford Technology Bettis Atomic Power Lab BHP Billiton Blattner Energy BNSF Boeing Bolton & Menk Braun Intertec Burns & McDonnell Caber Engineering* Calfrac Calpines-The Geyers Cargill Caterpillar CE Power Solutions Cementation USA CHR Solutions* Chrysler City of Lead* Civil Science Cliffs Natural Resources C-Lock* Cloud Peak Energy Con Edison Consolidated Oil Well Services Contech Engineered Solutions CSG International Cummins David Evans & Associates Davisco Foods Int’l Denso North America Denver Museum of Nature & Science Digital Beam DocuTap* Dow Chemical

EAD Engineering Eaton Electroimpact Emerson Process Management Ensco PLC ExxonMobil Fast Enterprises Ferber Engineering* Flanders Electric Flint Hills Resources Freeport McMoRan G&R Controls Garmin GE Power & Water Gehl Company* Genie Industries Gerdau Great Divide Consulting Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua Mexico Gyrodata Halliburton Holly Beck Surveying & Engineering Honda of America Hormel Houston Engineering Hutchinson Technology Innovative Systems* Jennie-O-Turkey Joule Unlimited Joy Global Kiewit KLJ Engineering* Klondex Mine Lafarge Lockheed Martin LyondellBasell Magneco-Metrarl Masaba Mining Equipment* Medora Corporation Microsoft MidAmerican Energy Midwest Ag Supply* Midwest Manufacturing* Molded Fiber Glass SD* Mortenson Construction NASA (Wyle Laboratories) Nebraska Public Power Nidec Avtron Automation North American Coal Novel Engineering Nucor

Nutra-Flo* OCI Chemical Olson Associates Parker Hannifin Parsons Brinckeroff POET* Prairie Mud Service Precision Castparts Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Raven Industries* RESPEC* Rockwell Collins RPM* Savannah River Site Schlumberger Scotchman Industries* Sherwin Williams Simon Contractors South Dakota DENR* South Dakota DOT* State of SD Public Safety* Steffes Corporation TEAGUE Terex Texas Industries The CSM Group Trihydro Trillium Technical (DENSO NA) TrueNorth Steel* Universal Industries US Army US Navy Nuclear Officer Program UTI (Unified Theory Inc) VAA LLC Vermeer Vishay Dale* Walmart Wenk Associates Western States Fire Protection* Wipro Technologies Xcor Aerospace

*South Dakota employers

AVERAGE SALARY OFFER Starting salary offers averaged $63,358 for 2013-14 SD Mines graduates. (BS degrees)

INTERNSHIP/CO-OP EXPERIENCE 78% of last year’s Mines graduates had relevant work experience through internships, co-ops, or undergraduate research, which increased their marketability to employers.

WHERE OUR 2013-14 GRADUATES WORK Last year’s Mines graduates are working for more than 140 employers in 35 states, Canada and Mexico. The states with the highest number of accepted job offers are: South Dakota, North Dakota, Texas, Iowa, Minnesota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Michigan, and Illinois.

“Working as a co-op with Dow gave me work experience that I was able to utilize when interviewing for a fulltime position with them.

I came in knowing the products they made, their work processes, and the responsibilities of my role, allowing for a smooth transition into my job.”

Haley Dunn

The Dow Chemical Company BS, Chemical Engineering May 2015

MORE INFORMATION Darrell Sawyer, EdD, Director Jason Pfeiffer, MS, Assistant Director Cindy Christensen, Program Assistant II Career & Professional Development Center 501 E. St. Joseph Street Rapid City, SD 57701 605.394.2667 careercenter@sdsmt.edu careers.sdsmt.edu

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, military status, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, political preference, or disability in employment or the provision of service. The Mines Career & Professional Development Center adheres to NACE’s Principles of Professional Conduct for Career Services and Employment Professionals.